From CBS's Jerry Palm: "The Big Ten Tournament starts Wednesday, a week earlier than usual. The league decided that it wanted to play in Madison Square Garden, so it had to move the tournament up a week because the Big East plays there on the final weekend of the season. Playing the tournament a week early caused several problems with the league's conference schedule. The compacted schedule has created many quick turnarounds and given teams little time to prepare. Indiana had a stretch of five games in 12 days at the end of January.
This plan was never supported by the coaches and has gone as badly as they feared. Commissioner Jim Delany has already stated that the league will not do this again. It also remains to be seen how having almost two weeks off will impact the NCAA Tournament teams in the league. Purdue, which played in the World University Games this summer, might enjoy having a little break, but there is a fear that the teams will be rusty once NCAA Tournament action begins."
